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noun \ˈtwēd\

: a rough, woolen cloth that is woven with different colored threads

tweeds : tweed clothing (such as a suit)

Full Definition of TWEED

1

:  a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats

2

plural :  tweed clothing; specifically :  a tweed suit

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Examples of TWEED

1. a skirt made of tweed
2. The elderly professor was always seen in his tweeds.

Origin of TWEED

probably short for Scots tweedling, twidling twilled cloth

First Known Use: 1841

Rhymes with TWEED

bead, Bede, bleed, brede, breed, cede, creed, deed, feed, Gide, gleed, greed, heed, keyed, knead, kneed, lead, mead, Mead, Mede, meed, need, plead, read, rede, reed, screed, seed, Snead, speed, steed, swede, treed, weed

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biographical name \ˈtwēd\

Definition of TWEED

William Marcy 1823–1878 Boss Tweed Am. polit.

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geographical name \ˈtwēd\

Definition of TWEED

river 97 miles (156 kilometers) SE Scotland & NE England flowing E into North Sea